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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-04-07
An InruIr Patient

DIR. Souchon related q case Of absccss of
tho pNilla which was incised while the pa
ticDt way only partially under the inilu-
cnce OF the chIoroform. AS the knife
penetrated the flesh the patient spran TO
his feet, rushed at the case Of Instruments
which wGs near by, and had half opened
drawer and was about Selling an instrtt-
mcnt when one of the students braycly
caught him. lie very soon quoted down.
Tue next day he said that he had just
come from u grinding on "a sugar plauta-
ton, where number Of Chinese were en-
plcycd; that he was always quarreling
with them, and that, as he was going
under chloroform, the students around
him became gradually transformed, in his
mind, into Chinese; and that Us the knife
penetrated him, though he felt no pain, I,c
was satisfied IL was ono of tho Cinnamon
who had stabbed him. Hence the rush lie
made 10 what he thought was his armory,
for weapon to defend himself. Texas
Medical Journal
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-04-07
A Poodle Plague Hits the Capital.

Since Mrs Cleveland has adopted the
black poodle for a pct dog Washington
society has taken up the same species as
its pet, Mt long ago Hector, the
black Antwerp poodle, who lonis it over
ali the other pets ut the White House on
account of seniority, was the only black
poodle in this tity, but now no dude con-
sidcrs himself in the fashion unless lie has
Il black po0dR. Even the young Indies
have taken to black poodlcS for pet dogs.
In walk w the avenue counted 10 less
thans black poodle; III as many squares.
It was curious to EGtc the various speci-
meIls--sone very fire looking; others
looked shaggy and dirty, us il just risen
from poverty to afllunEcc and they had
not had time to get used to it. A dog
fancicr in this city says he h;:s more or
ders for bi,;ci poodIe:s tliyin he can Oil, AMI
that the boom in the dog market is I'M
prccedeRtcd. lie says he thinks OF begin
ming to dye some OF his white poodlcs
black TO meet the demand. As yet the
call for monkeys has not begun.
Baltimore American.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-04-07
The Lottery In France,

Hitherto the Frenchman has had pro-
found belief in the lottery, but he is now
beginning TO lose faith in il, from the fact
that the chances of drawing prize arc
disagreeably small and the chances of
blanks unrcasonably great. This has
compelled the organizers of the lotteries,
with the concurrence of tho government,
10 resort to all sorts of devices 10 force
their tickets down the Threats cf the pub
lie. Sixty per cent. is knocked off in
order to induce sbopkeepers to sell their
tickets, and the shopkecpers, in their
turn, offer the tickets ut reduced price
in order to make the public buy them.
Instead of getting an ordinary ticket for
admission to an exposition or fctc, You
are frequently presented with lottery
ticket, which entities you To admission
aud al;o to the chance--very slight indeed
of prize when the drawing takes;
place When such dodge gro rcsortcd to
in order to get rid OF tickets, it clearly
shows that the faith in lotteries here
though they are locked after by the state
is declining. IL seems likely, indeed,
that they will soon die u natural DEATH
Paris Cor. st. Louis Republican.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-04-07
The Baku and Batoum Oil ripe.

The Russian government has just grant
ed a concession for pipe line to connect
the Baku oil fields with the port of I}atoum
on the Black sea. The concession is to
last twenty years, with the prOyiso that
the first line shall be completed within
three years. The government not only
guarantees no interest, but stipulates that
the pipe line company shall not, during
the term of concession. own or have any
interest in either oil wells or oil refineries.
Wherever the lines traverse government
lands no charge for right of way will be
made, and everywhere the company will
have the same rights and privileges as are
granted to railroads. One-third of the
pipes must be constructed in Russia, un-
less snch is proved to be impossible. The
tariff for the pufhpage of the Oil has been
fixed ut from ten to eleven copecks a
pound, equal to about one-tenth cent a
gallon. ...... ....
The whole length of the line will be COS
miles, The pipe laying will DO easy all
along. except when the line crosses the
Caucasian mountains. This will be accom-
plished at the Suram pass, which is about
5000 feet above the sea level, by a series
of pumping stations furnished with large
Worthington pumps. The gravity of the
oil itself will carry it from the summit of
the pass down to the sea level at Batounl.
1t is contemplated having the whole set of
lines completed and running inside of
three years.-Engineering and Mining
Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-04-07

The other evening ut one Of the theatres
newspaper man had the good fortune to
have for his right hand neighbor a very
pretty girl. The play was rather dull,
and the journalist wickedly amused HIM
self by watching the charming little wo-
man. Both she and her escort felt the
dramatists dizziness and yawned freely
through the first act. The second act
showed 10 Improvement, and toward it's
close the escort whispered something TO
the lady. She gave an eager consent TO
his proposition, and then he began n search
through his pockets. Finally he produced
store of small coin, which he divided
into two portions and gave one to the lady.
Then he ratified penny in his hand and
she did tho same. Both showed their
coins, and rs she matched him she uttered
n little shrek Of delight and grasped her
winnings.
For tho rest Of the evening these two
forgot the drama in the gambling. At
first the man won, much TO the disgust of
his companion. Then fortune took an.
other tnrn and the lady won right ON to
the end OF the game. Five or six times
she rcplenjshcd her escorts stock, and
when the curtain fell she must have been
ahead at least sl.50. The newspaper man
was paincl 10 observe. however, that her
system could hardly be called fair. for she
held the coin on its edge in her hand and
as soon as the gentleman showed whether
his was head or tail up she dropped hers
on the side that would win. philadelphia
Call
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-04-07

What tho camel j.; to an Arab, the sure
foatel, tough fibcred pony l. To the Slict-
lander. One familiar with their customs
has said that though bred wild on the
heaths, the "shcltics," az the. ponies arc
sometimes called, can bc tanned in ouc
night. The hunter, throwing his Ia.sso
with skill. secures a frisky colt, and Tor
tlVenty-four hour; keeps him a prisoner.
The small creature hears 10 other voice
than his masters: the hunter feeds and
caresseS him, and gradually the terrible
restlcssness subsidies. Hereafter lie bc-
Games n ,locile, aifcGtionatc burden bearer
and companion. 10 needs 10 stable. and
has u happy faculty Of enjoying whatever
he has to eat. a dun colorcd ''sheltic" of
exquisite symmetry, seen by - tourist,
could stand under dining table, anil q
little lady could seat herself upon its back
without lifting her feet from The ground
They are favorites for the saddle, and
many are sent to other countries for the
pleasure of ladies and cllildran. Harper IS
B;tZar,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-04-07
NUMBER 46
success In stcncgrapI,y.

To be q successful shorthand writer
does not require marvellous memory,
but 1T docs require long, patient drill, n
supple hand, capable Of swift movement
and o power Of association that enables
one without thought to run together such
FORMS into phrases as arc appropriate.
The general failure is made in reading
the notes. To look ut mass OF snaky
lines resembling more the coiling Kissing
hcadgcar OF the Medusa than anything
else, and from it evolve business letter
exact in every word, slight mistake i'm
which might cost the firm some thousands
of dollars, requires downright courage
Gaping n long discouraging, and il seems
many times TO the apprentice an abso-
lutely hopeless struggle.
Tho young man or woman who leaves n
good photographic school after six
months course, expecting to step into o
good position and go to work, is doomed
to bitter Disappointment. After waiting
from one to three months, in which steady
practice Is imperative, there will probably
occur an opening where q stenographer is
wanted who can write the firms letters
OH an inferior machine with which tho
aspir2nt is unacquainteI, do some clerk
ing and book keeping, answer the tcle-
phone and once in u while knowledge Of
telcgraphy is also asked. For these
modest requirements the salary offered
will be about half what IL expected The
young stenographcr will also find bis lack
of experience considered such an almost
insuperable obstacle that he will some
times wonder If he really ought not to pay
the firm small consideration for tho
privilege Of doing their work. Let him
pcrsevcrc, however. One weeks practice
there, if he il made Of the right stuff, will
be worth twice the time at the school,
Two or three such experiences, two or
three seeming failures, and he will ut last
get his foot Oh the first round of tho lad
der.-CincinDati Commercial Gazette.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-04-07
Flowers 0f JeyYeIrv.

A leading jewelry store up Broadway
displays some very pretty conceits in
jeweled pins. One was morning glory
in transparent dark enamel with the
natural stripes of the flower represented
by paved diamond work. The bright,
varied hues Ut the outer surface gre also
brought out beautifully by the enamel.
Diamond pansies are also very popular.
Nariegated gold work is coming more and
moro into use in the line of fine jewelry,
and one scarf pin shown. m engraved
bird with outspread wings, produced n
dazzling effect. A decided oddity in the
way Of rings is u bent shark. having out
ward curving ends set with companion
stones. One ring of the kind had u bent
shark around the ends, which were set
with diamonds and were joined together
with an emerald set obIiIuely The silly
craze for monOgrams on coins has died,
as it ought TO have died before il WIS
born. it was always 3 bad waste of good
money.-New York Cor. Baltimore Amer
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-04-07
SnC Would LSOt Serve.

The latest small but gusty breeze in
oltitudineus society was raised over o.
question of dress. 1t is custom of the
scmi-public balls--tioSc to which en-
trance is restricted to q carefully chosen
company-to impart al aspect of scclcsiOn
by having three women pose as hoStesses.
This was done on the occasion in question.
A trio of Fifth avenues proudcst and
most respected wives consented to act.
They werc To stand iii an antc-roorn of the
large hall, on Il low platform, and bow
grectingly 10 the arriving guests. That is
how the thing is done. The first of these
matrons to report for duty was clad in
sumptuous brown brocade. The second
wore pink satin. So far SO good. But
the third came in crimson--a color that
cffectually killed the delicate pink Of her
proposed companion. The latter apgrily
declared that she would not serve. She
was sure that the othc. had known all
about the color question, fer il had been
discussed, and dcyilish malignity alone
had inIelied her 70 put on the destructive
red The difficulty could not bc com
posed, and so two matrCns received the
company, Willie the third mingled with
the thronG, trying 10 hide her anger under
placid surface.-Clara Belle in Pioneer
PrpgS
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-04-07
pecIiIi,rii;cs nf SfccI.

Steel isgueer stuff. TkGtar,ctal should
DC in such common use in which are 10 Inc
found so many valuable characteristics I'm
its normal condition, and which can he
changed by heat CT cold TO appear like u
new something, entirely different in char
actcr, and still its value be enhanced i'll
calculably by the change, seems marvel
Gus. That the hard pieces of steel, which
resist all efforts to cut them with chiseI or
file, may be softened by simple heating
and cooling, so that they may be cit and
worked and engraved into all the thou.
sands Of shapes OF utility and beauty in
which steel may nc found in toolrooms
and vaults of our busy manufactures, and
that, when the work is all put on the
same pieces, may be relocated and cooled,
and made thereby SO hard that no tool
which cut them before will mark them,
made SO hard even as to cut glass like
diamonds, is wonderful. Boston Budget.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-04-07
THE LADIES OF THE HARgM.
How tho wivcs of the Shah Travel.
Passing OF tho Procession.

How the Wives of the Shah Travel.
Passing OF tho Procession.
) When the mandate has gone forth for
the ladies to go abroad from the palace,
which they always do with a long process
sion of coaches, mounted heralds are sent
half an hour in advance to announce their
coming in the streets they arc to traverse.
Great commotion Immediately ensues.
The very ours, fighting or hunting their
native reserves in the middle of the street,
scent tho alarm and stink into hidden cor
ners; while every shopkeepcr hastens to
close his booth and retires from the scene.
Bystanders and wayfarers take the near
est short cut that may lead them away
from these dangerous precincts, aud soon
the street is entirely deserted.
A rumbling is soon heard i'm the dis
lance; then squad of gholams or mounted
guards of the palace, n corps of picked
cavalry, are seen approaching. Soon after
the chief eunuch, q rather pleasant looking
white man, follows, and then the line of
blue coaches filed with ladies closely
yelled. Mounted eunuchs protect the last
carriage, and another squadron of cavalry
brings up the rear of the procession, but
at distance from the coaches sufficient
to prevent too close inspection of the fair
inmates. -....... ST. .. 3D.. .
Woe be to the luckless wight who hap
pens to be so incautious or unfortunate as
to be found i'm the street when the process
sion passes. In former times he would
have been slain on the spot. There is
case on record in which the forerunners
discovered a page asleep on a rug by the
wayside. Without so much as stopping 10
wake him, they rolled him up in the rug,
tossed him into u ditch and buried him
alive. While such terrible fate might
not perhaps await any one now who should
be caught in such a predicament, yet he
would at least receive kicking and
thrashing that he would remember to his
dying day. Even the sentinels posted in
the street or in palace gates must turn
face to the wall when the royal cortcgc
passes, and present arms from behind!
Gen. Gasteiger, an Austrian in the ser
vice of the shah, was on one occasion
unable to get away as the coaches entered
the street. Turning to the wall he wagged
his hand at his back by way of salute.
Even the shah condescended to laugh
when he heard of the absurd incident,
although he shows no disposition to relax
the very strict customs relating to his
wives. Europeans are not exempt from
this strictnesS; and young foreigner,
who was detected looking from the roof of
his house on the royal ladies as they rode
by, was given twenty four hours to leave
fur the frontier. His legation could afford
him no protection, as he had offended
against the most rigid laws and prejudices
of the re,,lm.-S w. G. Benjamin in Inter
Ocean,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-04-07
4 Loud Call for lleana

There Is no one thing that New Eng
land man misses so much In New York ~
a plate Of good, old-fashioned baked beans.
II IS estimated that there ere 100. 900
strangers here every day, aud a large
number come from the eastern states.
And yet with the constant call day after
day for baked beans the hotel men and
restaurant keepers have made no progress
toward supplying the demand. Outside
OF half n dozen places, there Is nowhere in
the metropolis that this famous dish can
he had. There are, Of course, thousands
of eating houses where baked beans arc
regularly served. But they are such
beans! They are cooked I'm huge shallow
pans, arc as white ms milk, and when they
arc dishcd out they look as IL they had
been "squasbed" in p mortar. There is
never any pork in them, no juice, and they
arc as tasteless as water. They are al
ways served with q great slab Of boiled
beef or ham, and TO person who has
been accustomed to the good old Massa-
ch!:Sctt3 Dish they are n dclyision aud an
absurd joke. Still, this Is all the New
Workers know of baked beans. They cat
them now end then and suppose they are
tasting tho real thing, and in their ignor-
niice wonder why the tabled sustenancc OF
Boston is so popular. Taking into consid-
Grafton The great number Of New England
people here, it seems as IL there was a for
tupc in store for the man who would come
TO New York and give the people tasto
of the good, oldfashioned Boston baked
beans. Republican.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-04-07
PrisOiicrs Out of Sing Sinc.

While the warden was talking three
prisoners came through the doorway from
below. They were no longer prisoners
when they entered the wardcn's Office.
Their terms had just expired. They were
dressed in clothing cut by Fifth avenue
tailor, and felt as proud as could be.
They bowed to the warden and walked
out into the world free men.
at looks queer for prisoner without
money or friends TO leave here with 800
suit of clothes OH his back, but coca
sionally he does. When man comes here
his clothing is confiscated. IL is reno
waited, ana if need he. repaired and hung
UP for future inspection. The first pri;-
ODer discharged il entitled to pick ont any
suit "f clothing he takes fancy To-. IL
there is nothing to fit him we furnish him
with n new suit. There is man walking
about New York to-day wearing Jachnc',,
spring Ovcrcoat which he hal on when he
came here, and some other cX-conyict
selected his trousers. Another took the
Prince Albert coat and someone else chose
the vest Of the cx-al,lcrmai. They were
NIL of the finest quality. Aioncy and
icwelry arc always returned 90 "a prisoner
at the expiration Of hil term. IL fro
qucntly happens that when man is sent
here the second time nc will bring along
all his money and iewelry, knowing that
the state is responsible for them, New
York Mail and Express
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-04-07
INDIANS AT SCHOOL.
eLlMPSES OF THE ESTABLISHMENT
At CARLISLE, PA.

Phenomenal Success of the Institution.
The Fierccness OF savagcry Disappears
Under tho influences of Civilization.
An Indian MARRIAGE. . e.. 49, 49,.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-04-07
Mc,ico,s chcnp Funerals.

In the City Of Mexico tramways are
utilized often for queer service. The citi-
zens hire these tramway cars for picnics.
excursions and funerals. A couple Of
cars can be bad for SIS, and they convoy
the deceased, relatives and friends to the
cemctcry-often some miles out of the
city. Funerals are very cheap I'm tho
Mexican capital, and do not come under
the head Of l,txuries RS herc.--New York
Mail and EXPRESS.
New YORK city has an odd character
who delights In focling people by posing
rs u wax figure. He is over 45 years old /,
dresses well and Is often taken for wax
figure, as he sits with an umbrella or cane
across his hap and u programme in front Of
him. The superintendent OF the musce
thinks of putting him in the catalogue. -
Chicago Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-04-07
SNUFF AND SNUFF TAKERS.
A Habit that Is Dying Out Beth North
and South-Snuff Dipping.

and South-SnuR Dipping.
, In the front window of nearly every big
retail tobacco store from the Battery TO
Harlem is q small round glass or earthen-
ware vessel, shaped not unlike Boston
bean pot, and ornamental on the side or
across the top with faded yellow label
with quaint, old fashioned letters ON it.
Although hundreds of thousands pass
these modest little receptaclcs every day,
and millions of eyes run carclcssly over
them, not one person in 10000 has ever
stopped to examine them or knows what
is in them, and not one i'm 100, 600 of the
patrons of these stores would have any ac-
curate idea of what the stuff really is.
even il they were told so completely has
what was once the most popular and al
most the only way of using tobacco fallen
into disusc even in this tobacco consuming
age. The little bean pots contain snuff
There was q time when they would have
been the most attractive articles in a to-
bacconist's display. The poorest ',wo-
fer that he has in stock is more sought
after now.
1--WE keep snuff moro rs kind Of ira
dition and because we can occasionally
Obligc u customer with il than because
there is any profit in having il around, :"
said an old Broadway tobacconist. "Of
course there is some little demand for IL,
but not enough to pay for the room it oc-
cupies and the trouble il makes. Who
buys it? Oh! there arc still some regular
snuff users left on earth, mostly old men
and women who formed the habit in the
days when it was fashionable. There arc
quite number Of them i'm tho negro col
ony, understand. Besides them, some
people Use it to break up catarrh or colds
in the head. / don't sell q pot year,
however, and | can remember when
used to sell fifty in the days before every
body smoked"
SIS there any snuff dipping here, such
as is practiced in the south:''
every little. Once in % long time, per-
haps three or four times i'm a year, some
one calls for snuff whom can tell is n
confirmed snuff dipper. They arc mostly
southern people stopping in the city. DC
casionally they will send their servants
here from the hotel to buy u supply. Then
we may get rid of four or five pounds 1T
once. Snuff dipping never was popular
in the north. I don't know why. Snuff
clippers declare that IL is altogether the
most satisfactory and cheapest way of
using tobacco. ! never saw snuff dipper
who wouldn't prefer few grains of snuff
Oh an old stick that he carries in his mouth
to the finest cigar ever brought from Cuba
or bucket full of golden Virginia leaf.
But the habit can't DE introduced here,
and that's an end of it. Even in tho
south, young people who never formed
the habit are beginning to look upon it as
bad form. In another generation proba-
bly, such thing as stuff will be as uu-
known as knee breecbcs arc now. IN.
Y. Mail and Express.